Word: bathsheba
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...that fateful night of Aug. 16, Clinton reportedly recited the 51st Psalm, which King David recited after the prophet Nathan reprimands him for his misdeeds in connection with that other woman, Bathsheba. David lusts after another man's wife, sleeps with her, and then has the man killed. Not exactly the King's high point...
David saw Bathsheba bathing one day and was immediately smitten. Sound familiar? The reaction of the American populace is common knowledge. Many citizens hesitate to be `judgmental,' but as the supreme judge, God does not have any such reservations. The chapter closes by noting that "what David had done was wrong in the eyes of the Lord" (2 Samuel 11:27). But that...
...Bathsheba becomes pregnant with David's child. The baby quickly becomes ill and dies. God accepts the baby as a sacrifice in place of David himself, for the King clearly must repent, and given biblical justice, someone must die. As painful as losing a child is, David must undergo further punishment...
David loses out to King Solomon. This is certainly for the good of his subjects. David's lust wreaked havoc on his family and the Jewish people, for while many things that happen after David's taking Bathsheba affect the King directly, the people are also impacted. The King abandons his subjects; he is otherwise occupied and cannot serve the national interest. It is David's son and successor, renowned for his keen mind, who is able to restore stability to the kingdom, which has been so badly shaken by David's careless and self-involved behavior...
...Mandela when I felt as if I had traveled back in time. It came when the Rev. Bernice King, who looks and sounds remarkably like her sainted father Martin Luther King Jr., likened Bill Clinton to the biblical King David, who kept his throne despite his sinful dalliance with Bathsheba because he atoned. Offering the President her understanding and her forgiveness, she intoned, "It's time, I think, for us to leave our President alone." The audience of African-American religious leaders broke into a chant, "Leave him alone! Leave him alone! Leave him alone...